ADA — Ada has opted to leave the Northwest Conference after the Ada Exempted Village School Board voted to accept the invitation to join the Blanchard Valley Conference Wednesday.
In a statement released by Ada athletic director Eric Perkins, it stated “We want to express our appreciation to the Northwest Conference and all member schools for their patience throughout this process. While we appreciate the rivalries and longstanding traditions we were able to establish in the NWC, we are excited to begin a new chapter as a member of the BVC.”
Ada has been a member of the NWC since 1964.
HIGH SCHOOL
Baseballl
Shawnee 3, Lima Central Catholic 1
Shawnee’s Derek Lyons went 2 for 3 and drove in two runs and Chase Sunderland scored a run. For LCC, Matthew Quatman went 3 for 4 and Carson Parker scored a run. JJ. Schneiders went 2 for 3 and Jacob Lauck drove in a run.
Hardin Northern 10, Upper Scioto Valley 0
DOLA — Hardin Northern hurler Xander Wilson pitched a five inning, three-hit shutout while fanning 10 and walking none. At the plate, Nolan Hopson had two hits and drove in a run and B. Grindel drove in two runs. Landon Wetherill, Bodi Hipsher and Preston Wykes all drove in runs. For USV, Drew Sanders and Andrue Kindle had hits.
Wayne Trace 4, Ottoville 0
OTTOVILLE — Wayne Trace’s Evan Crosby fired a complete game three-hitter while striking out two and walking one. For Ottoville, Grant Leis, Carson Kuhlman and Landon Horstman all had singles.
Ft. Jennings 8, Delphos Jefferson 6
DELPHOS — Ft. Jennings’ Owen Calvelage went 2 for 3 with an RBI and a run and Bryce Gasser scored twice. Evan Ellerbrock went 2 for 4 with an RBI and a run and Sam Dube drove in two runs. For Delphos, Xach Houx went 2 for 2 with 3 RBI and Karder Agner drove in two runs.
Toledo St. Francis 10, Lima Senior 0
TOLEDO — Lima Senior’s Caiden Crawford had a hit for the Spartans.
Softball
Shawnee 9, Miller City 4
Shawnee’s Kyra Vermillion went 3 for 4 with 3 RBI and 2 runs and Haylee Wurm went 3 for 4 with 3 runs. Addie Nelson drove in two runs and Bailey Bullock and Addie Neth each drove in runs. For Miller City, Chelsea Wilhelm went 3 for 4 with 3 runs and Jordan Schnipke drove in two runs.
Kenton 6, Lima Central Catholic 5
Kenton’s Brayla Butler went 3 for 4 with 3 RBI and a run and Macee Heckathorn hit a home run and drove in three. Lima Central Catholic s Emma Skinner hit a home run and drove in two and Anna Wannemacher, Carolina Kill and Sophie Miller also drove runs.
Crestview 8, Bath 5
Crestview’s Olivia Heckler went 3 for 4 with a double, triple and a home run while driving in five and scoring a run. Katie Sawmiller went 3 for 5 with a run and Katelyn Castle went 4 for 5 with 2 runs. Kaylee Mollenkopf went 4 for 4 with a run scored. For Bath, Claire Armentrout went 3 for 4 with a run and Anne Oliver went 2 for 4 with an RBI. Olivia Foster went 2 for 4 with a run and Chloe Poling and Madi Edelbrock each drove in runs. Elena Oliver was 1 for 3 with a run and an RBI.
Lincolnview 8, Coldwater 1
MIDDLE POINT — Lincolnview’s Taylor Post went seven innings, allowing six hits and one run while striking out five.
Liberty-Benton 10, Pandora-Gilboa 0
FINDLAY — Pandora-Gilboa got hits from Lexi Wentz, Makenna Punches and Makayla Suter.
Girls Lacrosse
Oregon Clay 16, Lima Senior 5
Goals for the Lady Spartans came from Mariah Hicks (2), Am’briell Nichols, and Gabby Avalos. Vanisa Sinthalaphone had a big game in goal with 10 saves.
Tennis
Shawnee 5, Kenton 0
Shawnee got singles wins from Gabe Burke, Mason Stahl and Mac Davis and doubles victories from the teamof Salah Mohammed and Seth Grieshop and the team of Shashank Chanamolu and Jackson Carpenter.
Piqua 4, Celina 1
CELINA — Celina got a singles win from Isaiah Glass.
Elida 3, Bryan 2
Elida got singles wins from Jaden Neuman and Ben Osmon and a doubles win from the team of James Mitchell and Eben Jackson.
COLLEGE
Softball
ONU sweeps
ADA — Senior Sydney Motylinski (Ida, Mich.) recorded her 100th career hit Wednesday as the Ohio Northern softball team fell 6-3 and 6-5 in a doubleheader against Capital at the ONU Softball Field.
The Polar Bears fall to 19-13 overall and 9-5 in the Ohio Athletic Conference while the Comets improve to 14-14, 6-8.
In Game 2, a 2-RBI double from Motylinski, her 100th career hit, plated Elliott and Rosser to tie the score at 2-2 with two outs in the bottom of the sixth.
With the score still tied, the Polar Bears found themselves with an opportunity to win the game in the bottom of the seventh with runners on second and third and just one out. But an attempted sac fly to left field off the bat of Rosser was just shallow enough for the throw home to get sophomore pinch runner Chandler Clark (Lima/Bath), sending the game to extra innings.
The Comets scored four runs in the top of the eighth to take control, but Northern stormed back in the bottom of the frame.
With one out, Elliott and Griffin both reached base via CU errors and were driven home by Motylinski and freshman Allie Wilson (Wapakoneta).
Baseball
Bluffton wins two
ALBION, Mich. – The Bluffton University baseball team won two games on Wednesday. The lidlifter saw its first six innings of action on March 20 and it ended in an 11-7 victory before the Beavers moved to 18-12 on the season with a convincing 9-2 win in the final of a three-game series.
In a game that took 37 days and two states to complete, Bluffton held off Albion College by a final score of 11-7 on a beautifual Wednesday afternoon. The Beavers led 10-3 at Memorial Field when the game was suspended due to darkness back on March 20.
Bluffton jumped out quickly in game two, scoring two runs in the first inning and one more in the second in order to take 3-0 lead. After Diana drew a free pass in the first and his high school teammate, Jack Towell, launched a double down the right field line, Justin Mauer (Springfield/Kenton Ridge) picked them both up with a perfectly placed single to left center field, giving the Beavers a 2-0 lead after one.
The visitors scored once again in the second when Grant Hovest (Ottawa/Ottawa-Glandorf) grounded out, plating Francis who led off the frame with a triple.
